M.J. Porter

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  • Bibliography:
    77 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2013
  • Latest Book:
    August 2026
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Full Series List in Order

The Dragon of Unison

0.5 - The Mercian Brexit (2017)
1 - Purple (Aug-2013)
2 - Blue (Jun-2014)
3 - Green (Jun-2014)
4 - Red (Jan-2014)
5 - Black (Apr-2014)
6 - Silver (Jan-2015)

Dragon of Unison

1 - Hidden Dragon (Apr-2013)
2 - Dragon Gone (May-2013)
3 - Dragon Alone (Jul-2013)
4 - Dragon Ally (Jan-2014)
5 - Dragon Lost (May-2014)
6 - Dragon Bond (Feb-2015)

The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles

1 - Son of Mercia (Feb-2022)
2 - Wolf of Mercia (Jun-2022)

The First Queen of England

0.5 - The Mercian Brexit (2017)
1 - The First Queen of England (Feb-2017)
2 - The First Queen of England Part 2 (Jan-2017)
3 - The First Queen of England Part 3 (2018)
4 - The King's Mother (2018)

Books in Order: 77 titles

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  • House of Mercia 1

    A BRAND NEW action-packed historical adventure from bestseller M J PorterPraise for M J Porter:'Immediate and personal. MJ Porter recounts a sensitive, reluctant hero's coming-of-age within a Dark Age realm riven by chaos and conflict' - Matthew Harf...

  • Storm of Mercia

    👑The BRAND NEW instalment in the gripping historical adventure series ⚔️ from M J Porter⚔️ - Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Peter Gibbons and Matthew Harffy!🛡️Wessex has never been Mercia̵...

  • Lords of Iron

    💥 Pre-order the thrilling, grand finale in MJ Porter's Dark Age Chronicles series⚔️ Perfect for the fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy 🗡️During Britannia’s tribal age, vengeance is brutal, bloody and...

  • Shield of Mercia

    A BRAND NEW epic adventure from bestselling author MJ Porter! Perfect for the fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy šŸ'„šŸ -- ”ļøMercia is triumphant. Her king is safe. But Wessex was never Merciaā€™s only enemy. Tamworth, AD836Following a br...

  • Warriors of Iron

    An epic historical adventure from MJ Porter āš"ļø Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Peter Gibbons and Matthew Harffy!During Britanniaā€™s tribal age only the strongest prevailā€¦Britain AD541Seeress Meddi has been restored to her rightful posi...

  • Men of Iron

    The start of a powerful, BRAND NEW Dark-Age Adventure series from MJ PorterAfter the legends of Arthur, yet before the Saxon kingdom of Mercia, a tribal age of iron and rust ruled.Britain AD540.In the western hinterland of Roman Britannia, Meddi, the...

  • Betrayal of Mercia

    The next instalment in M J Porters bestselling, thrilling Dark Ages Adventure SeriesA King in crisis, a Queen on trial, a Kingdomā€™s survival hangs in the balance.Londonia, AD835 The deadly conspiracy against the children of Ealdorman Coenwulf is to...

  • The Last Deceit

    From MJ Porter comes a thrilling hew hero.Deceit and ambition threaten to undo the most fragile alliance.King Coelwulf of Mercia has unwillingly accepted the need to ally with the kingdom of Wessex under the command of King Alfred. But King Alfred of...

  • Kings of Conflict

    The final, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can King Edmund of the English banish the Norse invaders from England one final time?AD942In the wake of the agreement reached at Lincoln between Edmund and Anlaf Sihtricson of the ...



  • The Last Alliance

    From author MJ Porter comes a thrilling new hero.Can one man unite the Saxons against their common enemy?The recent events within Kingsholm allow King Coelwulf of Mercia and his warriors no time to enjoy their successes or mourn their dead.Unwilling ...

  • The Last Enemy

    From bestselling author M J Porter comes a thrilling new hero.Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters, her new king a warrior, not a ruler. And Coelwulf has done little but fight against overwhelming numbers since being...

  • The Last Horse

    From bestselling author MJ Porter comes a thrilling new hero.The Viking raiders have been routed from Torksey, dead, or escaped. Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters, her new king a warrior not a ruler. And as he end...

  • The Last Seven

    From best-selling author M J Porter comes a thrilling new hero.He sent twenty men to infiltrate three hundred. It had to be enough.While Archbishop Wulfhere of York begs for assistance against Jarl Halfdan, now living in Northumbria, Bishop Smithwulf...

  • The Last Shield

    Book 6 in the action-packed, bloody and brutal series about Coelwulf, Mercia's forgotten ninth-century king.Summoned back to Worcester by Bishop Wærferth, Coelwulf discovers that an old enemy has resurfaced on the border with the Welsh, but this...

  • The Last Sword

    Book 5 in the epic Mercian Ninth Century series, featuring Coelwulf II, the last king of Mercia. The three defeated jarls of Grantabridge might be hiding behind the walls of their settlement as winter storms ravage, but the weather is no deterrent fo...

  • The Last Viking

    From author MJ Porter comes a thrilling new hero.Can one man win Mercia's freedom from the Viking raiders?Jarl Guthrum has been captured after the terrible events in Grantabridge. King Coelwulf knows exactly what he'd like to do to him, but those wit...

  • Enemies of Mercia

    The continuation of MJ Porters thrilling, action adventure series - The Eagle of MerciaA King's command. A warriorā€™s quest for the truthā€¦Tamworth AD835Following Icelā€™s epic rescue of Lord Coenwulf's children from their almost certain death, Kin...

  • Clash of Kings

    The penultimate bloody and thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can the Norse and the Scots exact their revenge over the mighty King Athelstan of the English?AD937After the slaughter field of Brunanburh, a defeated Olaf Gothfrith...

  • Protector of Mercia

    Another thrilling instalment of MJ Porter's histoircal epic series 'The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles' A deathbed oath leaves the lives of two infants hanging in the balance...Tamworth AD833After successfully rescuing her husband Lord Coenwulf from the ...



  • Kings of War

    The next bloody and thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series.Can the King of the Scots and the Dublin Norse triumph against a united England?AD934King Athelstan of the English has been successful in uniting the many kingdoms of Brita...

  • Eagle of Mercia

    MJ Porter's epic bestselling adventure 'The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles' continue at pace...A mercy mission in the heart of Wessex is beset with deadly, bloody dangers.Tamworth AD831Icel's profile continues to rise. Lord of Budworth and warrior of Mer...

  • King Of Kings

    The start of a new historical 4-part series from MJ Porter focusing on events around the great battle of Brunanburh** In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.**AD925 Athelstan is the king of the English, uniting the petty kingdoms of Wes...

  • Warrior of Mercia

    The next epic, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles seriesIcel is a lone wolf no more...Tamworth, AD830Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ɔlfstanā€™s warrior band, Icel contin...

  • Wolf of Mercia

    The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles - 2

    The next thrilling, epic adventure in The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles - all NEW from MJ PorterAs a lone wolf inside a Wessex stronghold, Icel must ensure his own and Merciaā€™s triumph.Londonia, AD830Icel is becoming a warrior of Mercia, but King Ecgb...

  • Cragside

    From the author of The Erdington Mysteries, a classic 1930s murder mystery house party. Lady Merryweather has had a shocking year. Apprehended for the murder of her husband the year before, and only recently released, she hopes a trip away from Lond...

  • Son of Mercia

    The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles - 1

    The start of a brand-new series 'The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles' from bestselling author MJ Porter.The once-mighty kingdom of Mercia is in perilous danger.Tamworth, Mercia AD825Beornwulf Mercia's King, lies dead and years of bitter in-fighting betwee...

  • The Automobile Assassination

    A 1940s mystery Erdington, September 1944 As events in Europe begin to turn in favour of the Allies, Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is once more prevailed upon to solve a seemingly impossible case. Called to the local mortuary wher...

  • The Custard Corpses

    A delicious 1940s mystery. Birmingham, England, 1943. While the whine of the air raid sirens might no longer be rousing him from bed every night, a two-decade-old unsolved murder case will ensure that Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station...

  • Lady Estrid

    From author M J Porter, comes a novel of the most influential woman in eleventh-century Denmark, Lady Estrid.Daughter, Sister, Duchess, Aunt. Queen. United by blood and marriage. Divided by seas. Torn apart by ambition. Lady Estrid Sweinsdottir ...



  • The Last Warrior

    From author MJ Porter comes a thrilling new hero.He sent a hundred men to kill two thousand. It had to be enough.Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters.Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior, fears no man, especially no...

  • The Earl of Mercia's Father

    Every story has a beginning.England: The Second Viking AgeLeofwine, still recovering from the murder of his father at the Battle of Maldon, must serve his king as England experiences a fresh wave of Viking raider attacks orchestrated by the very man ...

  • The First Queen of England Trilogy

  • Once a Queen

    Lady Elfrida is restored to the royal court, and to her son and his ever-growing family. Tasked with raising her grandchildren, Lady Elfrida understands the honour her son has endowed her with, even while it forces her to stay distant from the day to...

  • The Queen Dowager

    No woman had ever held so much power and lost it on the whim of her son, the king. Six years of political ostracism has brought Lady Elfrida low. Desperate to be welcomed back to court, she risks all to make an ally of England's Viking enemy. Failure...

  • The First Queen Part 3

  • The First Queen of England Part 3

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    The First Queen of England - 3

    Lady Elfrida, the first crowned Queen of England, has cemented her position both as queen and wife to the king, Edgar. He is the 'peaceable' king, ruler over England, and ally of the land of the Scots and the Welsh kingdoms: an emperor in a...

  • The King's Mother

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    The First Queen of England - 4

    The King's Mother is the story of a woman who has been censured by history as both a whore and a murderer but was neither. The widowed Lady Elfrida has achieved the impossible. She's ensured her twelve-year-old son has become king, despit...

  • The Lady of Mercia's Daughter

    Betrayal is a family affair.12th June 918. Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians and daughter of Alfred the Great, is dead. Aelfwynn, the niece of Edward, King of Wessex, has been bequeathed her mother's power and status by the men of the Mercian Witan b...

  • The Earl of Mercia

    Itā€™s the second Viking Age in England, and King Ɔthelred II reigns. Five ealdormen represent him in the old Saxon kingdoms. Battles are being fought against the viking raiders looking to plunder England for her wealth. Leofwine is the ealdorman of...



  • The First Queen of England

    The First Queen of England - 1

    Before Anne Boleyn stole the heart of a King and demanded marriage, another woman strove to wed an already married King of England. This is the story of Elfrida, who would become the first crowned Queen of England. England is united under Edgar, ...

  • The Mercian Brexit

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    The Dragon of Unison - 0.5
    The First Queen of England - 0.5

    England, AD957 Two brothers, One Kingdom. Unease runs death within the newly formed England, the young figurehead of the Wessex kingdom, King Eadwig, doing all he can to disadvantage the ancient kingdoms of Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria, ...

  • The First Queen

    Before Anne Boleyn stole the heart of a king and demanded marriage, another woman strove to wed an already married king of England. This is the story of Elfrida, who would become the first crowned Queen of England.England is united under Edgar, ...

  • The First Queen of England Part 2

    The First Queen of England - 2

    Lady Elfrida is Queen of England, her husband enamoured of her, and her supporters many and varied. But the queen finds herself caught up in terse political intrigues, as England is threatened both from external Viking attack and internally from res...

  • Winwaed

    The year is 655 and the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power, with allies in every kingdom, from the northern Pictish lands to the southern kingdom of the West Saxons, from the British states to the West, to East Anglia ...

  • Warrior King

    The year is AD655.  With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain. Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the lo...

  • Maserfeld

    Before England, Scotland and Wales formed, a disparate set of kingdoms stretched their way across the British Isles, expanding and compressing with the personalities and successes of their warrior kings, more war-leaders, and more often than not, owi...

  • Pagan King

    From the author of The Last King series. The year is AD641 and the great Oswald of Northumbria, bretwalda over England, must battle against an alliance of the old Britons and the Saxons led by Penda of the Hwicce, the victor of HƦāˆ,feld nine years ...

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  • Cnut: The Conqueror

    Swein, King of Denmark, and briefly England, lies dead, his son ousted from England as King Aethelred returns from his exile in Normandy at the behest of his Witan and the Bishops. Aethelred might have relinquished his kingdom to Swein, the conqueror...



  • The Second English King

    Edmund of the English, Anlaf Sihtriccson of York, Ragnall Gothfrithsson of York, the aged Constantin of Scotland, now in retirement, with his successor Mael Coluim finally in control, Athelstan Half King of the English, Hywel of the Ancient Britons (...

  • Blue Diamond

    One heart to give. Two women to love. Forced to choose between the two women he's met whilst studying on a remote island, Andy makes the decision that feels 'right' to him, choosing the woman he knows he can't live without, Rebecca. Wh...

  • The King's Earl

    Part 5 in the epic Earls of Mercia series Ealdorman Leofwine, bereaved and betrayed by the new Danish king of England, hides away from the politics of the Witan, desperate to forget his past links with Cnut and his father, Swein, only Cnut won't let ...

  • Hae

    Before England, Scotland and Wales formed, a disparate set of kingdoms stretched their way across the British Isles, expanding and compressing with the personalities and successes of their warrior Kings, more war-leaders, and more often than not, owi...

  • Unknown (Part 2)

    She knows only two things about herself; her name is Frey and the boy with the troubled brown eyes, snatched from her arms by the soldiers in full body armour, loves her. They know everything about her and yet, they're the one's asking her t...

  • Unknown

    She knows only two things about herself; her name is Frey and the boy with the troubled brown eyes, snatched from her arms by the soldiers in full body armour, loves her. They know everything about her and yet, they're the one's asking her t...

  • Swein: The Danish King

    Before his encounter with Ealdorman Leofwine on his fateful trip to Shetland, King Swein first had to wrestle Denmark from his father's kingship and make his own name as a warrior of great renown. This side story to the Earls of Mercia series tells o...

  • Haedfeld

    Before England, Scotland and Wales formed, a disparate set of kingdoms stretched their way across the British Isles, expanding and compressing with the personalities and successes of their warrior Kings, more war-leaders, and more often than not, owi...

  • Pagan Warrior

    Britain. AD632. Penda, a warrior of immense renown, has much to prove if he is to rule the Mercian kingdom of his dead father and prevent the neighbouring king of Northumbria from claiming it. Unexpectedly allying with the British kings, Penda races ...

  • Wulfstan - An Anglo-Saxon Thegn

    Wulfstan, the Ealdorman of the Hwicce's most trusted advisor, mentor and friend, has a few secrets of his own to tell in this side story to the epic Earls of Mercia Series that returns to the beginning of the reign of King Aethelred II, the child-kin...

  • Of Kings and Half Kings

    Britain: The Tenth CenturyThe EnglishThe ScotsThe NorseThe WelshBritain. AD942Edmund of the English, the aged Constantin of Scotland, Anlaf Sihtriccson of York, Idwal of Gwynedd, Hywel of the South Welsh.The year is AD942 and the treaty of Eamont in ...

  • Dragon Bond

    Dragon of Unison - 6

    Book 6 in the Dragon of Unison series.Erann, reunited with Sereh at last.The Librarian, finally able to be with Emma after half a millennia.Greeneyes, free from his possession, but wary of the future with Erann's kind.Sereh, reunited with Erann, but ...

  • Silver

    The Dragon of Unison - 6

    Book 6 in the Dragon of Unison Series, following on from Purple, Blue, Green, Red and Black . . . 'A time will come when the mountains will move and the ground will tremor, when the heavens will fall upon our land and beasts with wings will erupt fro...

  • The Earls of Mercia Series Books 3 and 4

  • Northman Part 2

    Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, husband, father and brother almost snatched a moment of peace when King Swein of Denmark helped himself to the English throne, and Aethelred removed himself to the Court of Duke Richard II of Normandy, his ...

  • Brunanburh

    Britain: The Tenth Century.Athelstan, King of the English; Olaf Gothfrithsson, King of the Dublin Norse; Constantin, King of the Scots; Owain, King of Strathclyde, Hywel of the South Welsh; one 'great lamentable and horrible battle'. The year is AD93...

  • Northman Part 1

    Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, fostered, at the King's insistence, by Eadric of Mercia, finds himself caught between loyalty to his father and his foster father. Fighting for his own sense of self, whilst Viking raiders vie for the Engli...

  • Ealdorman

    Ealdorman - The Earls of Mercia Book 1 England: The Second Viking Age United doesn't mean together. Five ealdormen bestride King Aethelred II's Witan offering wise counsel whilst serving their king as his representative in the old Saxon kingdoms, uni...

  • Blue

    The Dragon of Unison - 2

    When Erann mysteriously disappears on Vatna Jokull, Sereh and Greeneyes unite to find him. Only their actions are deeply hampered by two problems; firstly, how can they communicate without Erann and secondly, how can Sereh search for someone when she...

  • Green

    The Dragon of Unison - 3

    The time is now. Erann is home and Sereh is cured from her strange illness but their joy is short lived as unexpectedly meeting on Vatna Jokull, the Librarian and Emma break the terms of the long ago ā€˜Agreementā€™ thrusting Emma into her past, and ...

  • Dragon Lost

    Dragon of Unison - 5

    Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.They will bond, an unbreakable bond, and together they will unite and restore everything to how it should be. So the words of the long ago prophecy haunt Erann as his bond with ...

  • Black

    The Dragon of Unison - 5

    "They will bond, an unbreakable bond, and together they will unite and restore everything to how it should be." So the words of the long ago prophecy haunt Erann as his bond with Greeneyes is broken and the people of Unison are plunged further into p...

  • Dragon Ally

    Dragon of Unison - 4

    Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.Sereh; rescued on the cusp of death.Erann; angry to the point of incoherency.Emma; confused about her own place in history.The Librarian; tormented by his past.Greeneyes; with h...

  • Red

    The Dragon of Unison - 4

  • Purple

    The Dragon of Unison - 1

    The time is now. Unison holds many enigmas locked within its ice bound surface, and this Long Day, Erann, Sereh and Greeneyes will begin to discover them. Sereh; determined to take a chance on freedom when it presents itself, no matter the perils. Er...

  • Dragon Alone

    Dragon of Unison - 3

    Unison is a land of mystery and intrigue, inspired by Viking Age Iceland.Erann and Sereh are reunited on the windswept Vatna Jokull but there are more hardships awaiting the small group of friends and grudging acquaintances. Traps laid half a millenn...

  • Dragon Gone

    Dragon of Unison - 2

  • Hidden Dragon

    Dragon of Unison - 1

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

M.J. Porter has published 77 books.

The next book by M.J. Porter, House of Mercia 1, will be published in August 2026.

The first book by M.J. Porter, Hidden Dragon, was published in April 2013.

Yes. M.J. Porter has 4 series.
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